Priorities

We have to fight for a Culver City that listens to residents, stands up to special interests, supports local businesses and protects our community.

That is why I am running for City Council!

Tackling Traffic and Transportation

Transportation should be effective for everyone – not just centered on special interests. The Council’s “build it and they will come” approach to bike lanes throughout the community has proven to be unsuccessful. While we need to encourage alternative forms of transportation, simply creating bike lanes and snarling traffic is not the answer.

  • I support creation of connective infrastructure that will improve mobility without creating gridlock.

  • I support technological enhancements and improvements for Culver CityBus that will make public transit more effective, more appealing and more convenient for everyone.

  • I support efforts to engage our entire community in discussions about mobility, so that our streets work for everyone.

  • I oppose the so-called improvements to Overland Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard because the Council has failed to take into account the unintended negative consequences to our local businesses that rely on street parking to survive.

Supporting Small Businesses

Small business is the lifeblood of our local economy. While Culver City is proud to have major corporations like Amazon, Apple and Sony call our community “home,” more than 70 percent of Culver City businesses are small businesses run by our friends and neighbors. They employ their neighbors and put food on the table for Culver City families. We need a Council that not only understands small businesses, but also actively works to help them succeed.

  • We can’t continue to ask our business community to pay more and more taxes at a time when families are struggling to making ends meet.

  • We can’t continue to raise fees for services and burden small business owners with additional red tape at City Hall.

  • I support a "one-stop shop" for business permits and licenses.

  • I will fight to establish guaranteed permit review timelines and allow online permit submission, tracking, and payment.

  • I support conducting regular audits of city regulations to eliminate unnecessary red tape.

  • I support investment in our commercial corridors to improve streetscapes, sidewalks, landscaping, and way-finding signage as well as enhance parking availability and management.

Protecting Our Community

Nothing works in our community if our neighborhoods aren’t safe. I will ensure that our police and fire departments have the resources they need to maintain Culver City’s reputation as one of the safest cities in Southern California. I support a strong partnership between law enforcement, business owners, and residents to reduce crime, address quality-of-life issues, improve lighting and infrastructure, and ensure our shopping and dining districts remain welcoming destinations for everyone.

  • Violent crimes must have consequences.

  • I support alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders because preventing someone from entering the judicial system early on is the most effective way to prevent recidivism.

  • I will work to create regular meetings between business owners, police leadership, and city officials to share crime trends, prevention strategies and work together to address crime.

  • I support partnership with outreach teams, mental health providers, and social service organizations to connect people with services.

  • I want to see Culver City balance compassionate outreach while maintaining safe and accessible public spaces for residents, workers, and visitors – focusing on public safety solutions that reduce crime while helping vulnerable individuals access assistance.

Taking On Homelessness

Culver City has spent millions, and the results are not good enough. That doesn’t mean we should stop trying. It means we have to try different tactics. Homelessness is not simply a housing crisis. We have to focus on prevention as well. We need to add shelter capacity, increase rental assistance and, above all, provide desperately needed services to those who need them.

  • The unhoused need services, and I will fight at the county, state and federal level to make sure Culver City gets its fair share so we can get people the help they need.

  • I support a process that provides wrap-around services like the Mental Crisis Team (MCT) for those who are chronically unhoused and need to address mental health and/or drug-use issues. Simply putting a roof over their heads is not enough.

  • I will demand that our efforts to reduce homelessness are transparent and measurable so that we can know what is working, defund what is not, and scale what does.

  • I believe adding affordable housing is important, but it is only part of a much more nuanced solution.

Advocating for Affordable Housing

For decades, California has failed to build enough homes, and now residents are paying the price. From soaring rents to overcrowding, our housing policy has not worked. Just building more housing, increasing density and saturating our neighborhoods with new homes is not the answer either. We need to be holistic in our housing efforts and work to serve all of our neighbors.

  • I support new housing on our commercial corridors instead of upzoning our single-family neighborhoods.

  • I believe every part of the city must do its fair share to add more housing, but we cannot put every new unit in the same neighborhood. We have to keep communities intact as we build.

  • I support efforts to more effectively incentivize developers to build the kinds of housing we want in the areas where we want it.